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Minimises vs Minimizes - What's the difference?

minimises | minimizes |

As verbs the difference between minimises and minimizes

is that minimises is third-person singular of minimise while minimizes is third-person singular of minimize.

minimises

English

Verb

(head)
  • (minimise)
    • ----

    minimise

    English

    Verb

    • ----

    minimizes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (minimize)
    • ----

    minimize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Verb

    (minimiz)
  • To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
  • (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
    • I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.